Container for music-rolls and the like



C, S. BURTON.

CQHTMNER FOR MUSIC ROLLS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICAHGN FILED SEPT.23. 19x9.

Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

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rza/wzk- CHARLES S. BURTON, OF OAK PARK, ILLINOIS.

CONTAINER FOR MUSIC-ROLLS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 23, 1919. Serial No. 325,645.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, (humans 55. BURTON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Oak Park, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Containers for Music-Rolls and the like, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The purpose of this invention is to provide an improved container particularly adapted for such articles as music rolls and the like, of which the containers are commonly stacked in piles or tiers with the ends only accessible, so that it is desirable to have the contents drawn through the end of the container. It consists in the elements and features of construction shown and described, as indicated in the claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of a container embodying this invention, the same being shown in closed position with the roll therein.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the container closure withdrawn and the end of the roll protruded for engagement by the hand of the operator to complete its withdrawal.

Fig. 3 is a detail section at the line 33 on Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section at the Fig. 2. v I

Fig. 5 is a forward end elevation of the box or the container closed.

The container shown in the drawings comprises a tubular box, 1, having one end closed and the other end open, and having at the open end a closure hinged at one edge of the closure and at one side of the end of the box for swinging to open and close the box. At the closed end of the box there is mounted therein a spring, 3, preferably in the form of a conical coil or helical spring with its wider end at the base resting against line 4-4:, on

the end of the box and its smaller end or apex positioned for encountering the end of the inserted music roll or spool, 4:, as shown. This spring is of suiiicient strength to impel the roll or spool,which may be thrust into the box and held therein when the closure at the open end is closed, outward so as to protrude the end of the roll when said closure is swung down to open position. There is provided at each side of the box a spring device, 5, which has one end anchored at 5*,

in a block, 6, secured in the lower longitudinal corner of the box, said spring device being a wire bent up around the rear inner end of the block and thence extending forward,'and at its forward end bent at right angles for engaging under a slideway formed by a metal strap, 7, riveted to the closure, 2, on the inner face thereof and near one lateral edge. These two spring devices, 5, 5, at opposite sides, each engaging in the manner described a slideway formed by a strap, 7, are connected together at their forward ends by means of a sleeve, 9, into the opposite ends of which the iii-turned or hooked forward ends, 5", of the spring devices, 5, protrude for such connection. The sleeve, 9, is long enough to extend under both the slideways and thereby constitutes a roller for easing the friction of the sliding action. The normal position of the springs, 5, 5, is as shown in Fig. 1, extending up from the anchoring block, 6, forwardly to the open end and near the upper side of the box for engagement of the forward hooked ends in the slideways of the closure as mentioned. These spring devices, therefore, tend normally to hold the closure at closed position as seen in Fig. 1. Such a closure, being hinged to the forward end of the lower side of the box for swinging down forwardly to open position as seen in Fig. 2, is provided with a finger notch, 2, by which the operator may engage said swinging closure and draw it forward and down,

the spring devices, 5, 5, yielding as their forward ends connected by the sleeve, 9, slide down along the slideways to accommodate the outward downward swinging movement of said closure. When the closure is thus swung down, the reaction of the spring, 3, thrusts the roll forward causing it to slide out over the down-swung closure, as seen at the position of the parts shown in Fig. 2; and when in this position the roll itself locks the closure against swinging upward; and the operator releasing the closure, may take hold of the roll and draw it out, whereupon the reaction of the spring devices, 5, 5, will swing the closure back to closed position as shown in Fig. 1.

The closure, 2, may be hinged to the box in any convenient way, but it is particularly convenient to hinge it by means of extensions of the wires, 5, 5, which as shown, are extended forward from their ends which are anchored in the block, 6, the forward exten- Patented Au 24, 1&20.

sion, 5, lying in the lower lateral longitudinal corners of the box, extending forward to the forward open end thereof, where they are bent inwardly, forming pintles, 5, of the hinges which attach the closure, 2, to the box, the other member of the hinge in each case being formed by the lower end portion 7 b of the strap, 7, which forms the slideway.

It is intended that the spring, 3, shall be retained in the box without any special means for securing it, and in order that it may be thus retained and free from liability to swing out of central position, it is desirably made, as shown, of a single piece of wire bent upon itself at the middle and coiled from said bent middle point 3 at the apex of the coil down back to the base, where the two end portions 3" and 3, are bent as shown, and extend each along two adjacent sides of the box end, and terminate in two diagonally opposite longitudinal corners at which said two ends 3 and 3, are bent to extend parallel to the axis and be engaged in said corners as shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 4.

I claim 1. A container for rolls and the like comprising'a tubular box closed at one end and open at the other end, a closure hinged at one edge of the open end of the box; a spring at the closed end reacting toward the open end for expelling the contents; a spring device having one end secured within the box at the side thereof, the other end engaging the closure at the inner side of the latter, and a slideway on said inner side ex tending transversely of the hinge of the closure to the box, with which slideway said spring device engages for drawing and yieldingly holding the closure to closed position.

2. In a construction defined in claim 1, the spring device being extended from its securement to the box along a longitudinal corner thereof to the open end, and at said end forming one member of the hinge for connecting the closure to the box.

3. In the construction defined in claim 1, opposite sides of the box having each a spring device as described in said claim, and a sleeve whose opposite ends the free ends of said spring devices engage for connecting said free ends, said sleeve being the direct means of sliding engagement of said ends in the slideway.

4. In the construction defined in claim 1, opposite sides of the box having each a spring device as described in said claim, and the closure having a slideway extending parallel to each of its lateral edges, and a sleeve with whose opposite ends the free ends of the spring devices are engaged, said sleeve extending into both slideways and being the immediate means of engagement of said sprin devices with said slideways.

5. In the construction defined in claim 1, the springat the closed end of the box being a helix and having the wire of which it is formed bent into rectangular form at the base to fit the cross-section of the box.

6. In the construction defined in claim 1, the spring at the closed end of the box being a helix made of wire folded between its ends, the fold being at theapex of the helix and the two ends of the wire at the base of the helix being bent to extend parallel with the axis and to stand in two diagonally opposite longitudinal corners of the box.

7. In the construction defined in claim 1, the spring at the closed end of the box being a helix,- having the wire of which it is formed extended from the base coil and bent toiform fingers extending parallel to the axis of the helix in two diagonally opposite corners of the box.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Chicago, Illinois, this 20th day of September, 1919.

CHARLES S. BURTON. 

